Re: On the greatest size of an analemmatic

2005-04-09 Thread Frans W. Maes
Hi Anselmo all, In my webpage www.fransmaes.nl/sundials/ - Analemmatic - extra info - The human scale, I calculated the shadow paths for a 2 meter gnomon (human with hands above head) in dials of 6 and 10 meter major axis, for latitudes of 35, 45 and 55 deg. I find it no problem to extend the

Re: On the greatest size of an analemmatic

2005-04-09 Thread BillGottesman
-Bill In a message dated 4/9/2005 11:58:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Anselmo all, In my webpage www.fransmaes.nl/sundials/ - "Analemmatic" - "extra info" - "The human scale", I calculated the shadow paths for a 2 meter gnomon (human with hands above head) in dials

Re: Ephemeris program

2005-04-09 Thread Richard Mallett
Dear all, Have you ever wanted to determine the average EoT for the 16ht century or the solar radiation received by a sundial surface along a whole year or things like that?... No program makes such specific calculations and for many of us C++ or Java programming may be unaffordable.

On the greatest size of an analemmatic and more

2005-04-09 Thread anselmo
Dear all, Needles to say, this mailing-list is wonderful! Thanks for all your contributions on the greatest feasible size of an analemmatic. I have been making tests with the spreadsheet written by Roger and Helmut and simulations with POV-RAY, and so far I do believe that 6 meter (18 ft) wide